API definitions in SwaggerHub can be public and private. Public APIs are visible to anyone, even to those who do not have a SwaggerHub account. Private APIs are visible only to the API owner and designers and consumers (the users who were explicitly granted access to the API).
You can set the public or private status for each API version individually.
Make your API public or private
You make your API public or private when creating or importing it by selecting from the Visibility field:
You can also change the visibility status of an existing API at any time. To do this, you must be the API’s owner or a designer/consumer with access to the resource:
If your API has several versions, select the version you want to make private or public:
Click to make the version private or to make it public.
See if an API is public or private
Private APIs appear with the PRIVATE label on the SwaggerHub dashboard, in search results and on the API definition page. Note that different versions of the same API can have different visibility statuses.
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Control who can access your private API
By default, a private API is visible only to the organization member who created it. To give other people and teams access to your private API, you need to add them to the API as designers or consumers. Designers have read-write access, and consumers have read-only access to an API. Note that members need a SwaggerHub account.
To add collaborators:
Open the API page in SwaggerHub.
In the top right corner, click .
Type the user name, user email, or team name to add. Select a role for each member.
Click Save.
The specified users will get an email notification that they have been given access to an API.
Change visibility via CLI
Use SwaggerHub CLI to change the visibility of your APIs from the command line.
An open API (often referred to as a public API) is a publicly available application programming interface that provides developers with programmatic access to a (possibly proprietary) software application or web service.
are visible to anyone, even to those who do not have a SwaggerHub account.Private APIs are visible only to the API owner and designers and consumers (the users who were explicitly granted access to the API). You can set the public or private status for each API version individually.
The biggest difference between public and private APIs is the attack surface—the ways in which a system can be attacked. In private APIs, the attack surface is restricted to internal actors, whereas in a public-facing system, the attack surface is anyone on the internet.
API documentation is essentially an instruction manual that explains how to use an API and its services. This manual might contain tutorials, code examples, screenshots, and anything else that helps users better understand how to work with the API.
Each API can include a set of reference documentation which is available via the APIs > My APIs > choose API > Documentation tab. The specifics in terms of what documentation is offered vary from API to API. In some cases, certain APIs, or portions of them, have restricted visibility.
Publish API documentation using the API Gateway console
In the main navigation pane, choose Documentation.
Choose Publish documentation.
Set up the publication: For Stage, select a stage. For Version, enter a version identifier, e.g., 1.0. 0 . (Optional) For Description, enter a description.
Private APIs appear with the PRIVATE label on the SwaggerHub dashboard, in search results and on the API definition page. Note that different versions of the same API can have different visibility statuses.
Examples of private APIs include the Google Maps API, which is used internally by Google, and the Amazon S3 API, which is used by Amazon Web Services to provide internal storage and retrieval of data.
A popular way to organize API documentation is by using the following sections: overview, guides, reference, and resources. The overview section should provide a high-level introduction to the API, its purpose, features, benefits, and limitations.
An API interface defines the way software components interact, while API documentation describes and explains the interface, providing more detailed information about the interface, including how to use the API, how to handle errors, and how to call examples.
To start understanding API documentation, one should first familiarize themselves with API terms like endpoints, API requests, and response codes. It's also recommended to read the API overview which introduces the API's capabilities and details what the API offers.
API docs are written by the people with the best understanding of the APIs, i.e., software developers. Even though developers have the best technical knowledge of APIs, they might not have the best writing skills or give the highest priority to writing documentation. This is where technical writers come in.
Your API's documentation is the primary resource for explaining what is possible with your API and how to get started. It also serves as a place for developers to return with questions about syntax or functionality. The best API docs have these answers hence why it is so important that you document your API.
Private APIs are not intended for use by external developers. Public APIs are designed to provide access to certain features or data of a service, platform, or application and are made available to external developers, third-party software applications, and the general public.
An open API, also called public API, is an application programming interface made publicly available to software developers. Open APIs are published on the internet and shared freely, allowing the owner of a network-accessible service to give a universal access to consumers.
Public APIs, also called external or open APIs, are publicly available to developers and other users with minimal restriction. They may require registration, an API Key, or OAuth. Some may even be completely open – in fact, while the terms public and open are often used interchangeably, not all public APIs are open.
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